The Sun. — London, England, 1808-06-18 00:00:00

11,1jourited at f pot Three o'clock this zerning. • • MAILS. •ae 011 D'"'" Wall, t Watert4rd. DUE—I lottenbu:gli, t Waterford. , PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT , TWILVE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 7o}} I Reduced Ann. - 62 * T S U N. tOtaii QUIS iALsuM AVuEAT ? L 0 ND 0 V, SATURDAY, JUNK 18, lsoe. The arrival of the Dispatches yesterday from Ad ,tniral PURVIS and General SPENCER, gave rise to a tlumher of reports was said that the British Troops had landed at Cadiz; and occlipled the Forts,. :Ind that the French Fleet had been taken possession °f &c.. On the other hand, it wasconfidently said, that General SPENCER had made an attempt to land, but that he had beeri repulsed with. considerable !Pm It is hardly necessary to add, that there was not any foundation for either, of these reports. We were enabled to communicate to our Readers the sabstanCe of the Official Intelligence which arrived, and they may look to us with confidence for the Tliest and most authentic information frOM Spain. We ,have nothing to add to what we yesterday slat etteept merely to observe, that it was not until the 15th of May that the Itisurredion of Asturias was or ganized into a regular shape, which could not possibly I)es known at Cadiz; the opposite eitiemity of the kingdOM, on the nth, which is the date of the Dis patches from Adtuiral Puivts and Gen. SPENCER. The People of Cadiz, knowing nothing, but what.was communicated to them from . Madrid, through the medium of the French. were under the influ ence of terror, which there is little doUbt would b . e dissipated the Moment they were acquaitited with the spirit displayed by their brave Couutry and with the determination of the Britiih crvert . mient to assist them. GovERNAERT have issued orciri fot: the release of ill the Spanish prisoners belonging to the . Province tif Asturias. Opposition• • The Writers again renewed their attacks upon Ministers, for tardiness in affording relicf . to the Spaniards. Thatibosewhoapprovedofthecon ilu& ofoe late Ministers shouldiCcuse the present Ad. tninistration of tardiness, does, we codesS; a little surprize us. It.is now very little more than three weeks since the Government received information of the massacre in' Madrid.on the 2d of May, arid. of the disposition ,manifested in different parts of Spain to resist the Usurper; and, in• that time; besides ~ e nding off supplies of arms and ammunition;they 4ale.prepared an Expedition upon a very large scale, ' ° !.! ) ieli will be ready to sail in a few day, and which, Wr have no don bt; is destined for gpain. We should be ititich Obliged to those who are so liberal of their eltdrges against Ministers upon this finblea . , if they will hirnish us with a single instance, either within their recolleCtion, or within the compass of their leading, in which greatell dispatch and energy have n displayed. , " . .„ It is said in the .chief Opposil;rnt PaPer, that the Awaits . which support, Governrient at , ibis imP t ortot ciiAis, when every loyal and P atri . ' 9 ti° man must be anxious to do the same, " de• Maimed aiainst the Revolution . (1n Spain) as g sc heme of BUONAPARTE, and, felt, or affededi • an nils : El:hate incredulity arts its being the general burst .1. • -• •I 4 .. eI Patriotic . feeling.” By this atiservatiori, the Pa- Per alludedalluded to aiternita fa cOnfouhd matters totally ti Istin a. rot. our part - we never said or,cOneeiVed th 4.. 4 Ikie Revolution in Spain, except what imrne : l ately related to the Royal Rimily, was the work of t rowAnkTE. The weakness of one pirt of that :arnily, and the ambition of another , rendered them : il ea'sy prey tO.iiiIONAPARTI, and, with his charae .lo . t _ ~ it. , ~.... crist te subtletyand promiitness, he availed himself of ILI! .. the opportunity to get them into his power i to set there 1 t o - it ' Apposition to each other;and finally to overthrow ro ' . t , l "ein entirely. But we had too much, reliance oti dii t i .l ,4'' ood sense and spirit of the Pc.oplt of Spain to ' l,' 5• , :.: ' l 'rirense that they would be willing instrunients in • Le bandit of BUONAPARTE to bring disgrace and cii• i• - • , -.-- bond 10:S-, , , age on ihemielvtis. We weretbd first to com a ..!, lu goicato . the intelligence of the noble spirit that tie . ....,..,.i h ad broken . out us 8 - pain, against the intended 5 ,„.. ! '4 esurpktion of the French , " a n d instead of harbour ing " the obstinate incredulity" mentioned by the ° PPosition Pasper, hailed it " is a genuine bUrsi Of P at riotic feeling." It wars impossible to suppose ibit a whole people, particularly those of Spain, aftei s eeing the progress of France in other Conntries, 4 ' 1 (111w misery and oppression which masked their foinsteps in all, should not have roused into:resist - ance on such an occasion ; .and' f there was really any " obstinate incredulity' s on the subjeet, it was I finly to be . found among that Party who do all they can to embarrass Ministers, aid to bring odium co ch he Jl. c ot !tor jut / boll N4VA L NEW S. the best minutes, merely t becaute those measures do not originate with themselaves. As a large majority of the 1-rouse of CallilllUUS reje&ed (he Resolutions proposed by Sir T. TURTON last night, on the Carnatic Question, it is to be hoped that the Marquis WELLESLEY, who has . deserved so well of his Country for the,wisdom, promptness, end efficacy of his condud the East, will now be sufferei to direct his great talents to the servico of his Country, unannoyed by future persecution. ,Colonel. Sir TgoNt.ts DYER, a very intelligent Of ficer, was dispatched ye.,teiday upon a military mis sion so one of the Spanish ports. The Expedition from Cork will sail as soon as Sir . A. WELLIISLEY arrives there. , Ships are taking up for the. conveyance of stores ; 30,000 stand of arms,' 600 tons of 'ammunition, and four millions df ball cartridges, are understood to have been *hipped from the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. These will be conveyed to Gijon, to Ferrol, and to Vigo. • • yesterday the Freedom of, the City of London,, with a Sword o( 200 guineas value, some time since voted by the Corporation of London to Admi ral. Sir J. T. DUBKWORTH, K. B. was presented tn. that Officer, at Guildhall, by the CHAMBERLAIN, in the presence of the LORD MAYOR, Mr. Alderman. Sri Aw (in whose Mayoralty the Resolution passed), Mr. Alderman BIRCH, &c. &c. The CHAMBERLAIN delivered the following Speech on the occasion : Sim JOHN THOMAS DUCN.WORTH, I give you joy, and in the name of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,. and . Commons of the City of Landoll, in Common Council assembled, return you thanks; for, the zeal and alacrity with which you pursued the French Fleet to the West Indies, but more especially . for the skilful and gallant attack, made on that Fleet off St. Domingo, which, in less than two hours,.ended in the capture or destruction of every Line-of-Battle Ship of the Enemy, and adding one proof more, to the many already existr ing, ,of the decided superiority of the British Navy .' and in pursuance of another Resolution of the Court, as a• testimony of the high sense the City of London entertains of your gallant conduct, I have the honour „to present to you this Sword. " Sirohe Resolutions which I have the pleasure. to carry into execution express soltilly the aktion which they► are intended to celebrate, and the per sonal merit which they are meant to applaud, that little more is left for me to add, than that the senti ''ments of the Court are in petted unison with those ' Of the Country. Permit me, however, to observe, that ptofessional merit never appears with greater lustre than when attested. by professional men. I recoi led, Sir, wit!' a mixture of pain and pleasure, that on the very day on which all that was great and gallant in the nation were assembled to,pay the last tribute of resped to the immortal NELSON, the news reached this Country of your havitig, got sight of the French Squadron. At that moment I was in a circle of Naval Heroes, who were unanimous in their opi "Ilion, that it would be ,hardly possible fbr that Squadron to escape the indefatigable perseverance and distinguished gallantry of Str JOHN THOMAE 'DUCKWORTH. Accept, Sir, my warmest wishes, that health and long life may attend you, and that other opportunities may ptesent themselves to ena ble you to add fresh laurels to those which- so emi nently adorn your brow." Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH made, the following re ply a Mu. CHAMBERLAIN, " -It is with thedeepest sense of acknowledgment. and the most just appreciation of its value, that I receive the distingnisho honour which has this day been conferred upon me—an honour which, to the latest moment of city life, will never be forgotten ; and which, barer sure; wilLbe . equally dear to my childrens' Children. 41 The repose of my country is assuredly my first and dearest hope ; but if war must be the satfalter lotive, the next wish of my heart is, that the sword which, has been presented to me by the first City of my Country, and the most flourishing of the world, may be drawn in my country's came. I cannot' conclude, without endeavouring to express to you; Sir, my warmest thanks fur the very :handsome terms which you have used in fulfilling the office which has been committed to you, and which you have executed id a manner so highly gratifying to tyiy feelings." The- ceremony being concluded, the Company Were entertained in an elegant manner by the Loan Mior'eß, at the Mansion-howe. The sword of the late Admiral. Lotits, was, a few weeks since, presented, in the same way, to his son, a young officer Of great promtse. P L wiroitz:l, Jurre the Saturn, of 74 . giatO. :0 - join the Channel Fleet. This morning nboat 400 Artillery embarked on board Traospoits in Catwater, said to be destined for some part of / the Coast of Spain. PORISMOUTH,". I LINE 1 7—Saited this clay the Eurydice Frigate, with Dispatches for_the westward, and the Pheasant Sloop Of War, Capt. PALmEs, for Guernsey; also sailed the Ant SchoOner„. shav ing under her convoy : the Hero, Capt.'STEPnENSON, to endeavour to overtake the Quebec Fleet. • Passed by the 4rediusa Frigate, ' with about 40 Sail under convoy from the West Indies. The Paloltemus, 64, gives convoy instruelions to the trade bound - to the West Indies. • - YALMOUTH, JUNE' :5.-.--Sailed thii day the Prin cess Elizabeth Packet; Kinn, with Millis of the 7th inst. for Gibraltar, Sardinia, Malta, and Sicily : she has also on board Dispatches fur Admiral Putt vis, off Cadil. Passengers by flier are Mr. RYAN, Mr. STANHOPE HUNTER, Mr. JONES, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. 1112111 , 0 RD, and four German Gentlemen. Arrived the Nancy, liAttviy; from .London, for the Brazils ; (Weymouth, LE WELLIN, front Plymouth, for Malta ; Edw4rd and .Mary, ANTUON, from Swansea, for London; American Ship ArAo', WAG MEN, from Guernsey ; Lady Boringdon, HERROIC, , from Plymouth, for Quebec ; Two Sister. Hot- CHIN, from Plymouth, for St. John's; Perseverance, DAvr, and his Majesty's Brig MorristoWn, with eiL:'it Sail of Coasters under convoy,,from Swansea. SHEKRNESS, JUNE i 6,—Arrived the British Fair Cutter, with a IIU tuber of the Royal IVia rine Artillery. Arrived the Deptford Tender, Lieutenant AN.. TRAM, with 47 imprest men and volunteers fur the Fleet. Arrived the Oberon Sloop of War, Capt. SUTTON, from the Downs. Zinallptith was this day paid bounty, and two months wages in advance, prior to her proceed• ing to the Baltic. , The Baltic Convoy has not sailed. Upwards of 40• Sail are coming up; several have passed the Nore, for the River. Jgrat 7.—Sailed the /1,4 1 1na Bomb; Captain GOD FREY, with upwards of 30 SAil for Gottenburgh. Came down from Chatham th - e Bonne Citogenne Sloop, Captain THOMPiON. The Little Reit gloorof War was paid bounty and two months wages in advance, and sailed mediotely for Portimogth. • DEAL, JUNE 17.—Sailed His Majesty's Ship Clyde on a Cruiie. Came down from the Riverithe Betsy and Sophia, COLE; fOr the Brazils ; Martha, ELvis, fur 'kir badoes ; and Cores, COFFIN, for the South Seas, and real:tins is thd Downs with the; Ships as per last. We have been favoured with the copy of aLetter front an Officer on .board the Statira frigate; which brought to the Spanish . Gentleman whose arrival we mentioned in our Paper of yesterday, The . letter, of which we subjoin an extrati, is dated the tOth instant, at so, and contains some interesting patticulars respedting t he insurrection in the Northern Provinces of Spain. I cannot say when this will . be landed, as we are at present on our passage to the Fleet off Brest: We lett the Squidron' blockading Ferrof on Tuesday. at noon, with •A Spanish Gentleman of distioetion, wheor we were ordered to carry, to Lord GAMBiEtt. This Gentleman was sent on board us by the Com mander of the Spanish Insurgents in the Province of Asturias, who have taken up arms to lefend their much oppreased country, and are determined to shake oil the French yoke. The . Patriots solicited some cartouche boxes, hut our,Cdrettiander having 11(1 authority to grant this revest, has ordered. out Frigate , to carry the Spaniard to Lard GAiernee, who, , ' ' is supposed to be at sea with the Fleet; but should acirtosetteoTmßa.--nyTphreooforsill,atilin circumstance, if true . g IiUONAPARTE S success , we•not find him, we are to proceed to Plymouth or has been as much owing to the. treachery.of &he's T or b ay . F rom t h e accounts o f our S pan i,l l pis as to his own abilities. • It is said that Don CARLOS, . aenger, s the ,people of Spain are endeavouring to shake off the yoke 'of France. Tll6,Novinces of one of the unfortnnate Royal Family of Spain, who Astoria's, Leon, and others, which are ailjoilling; have falleo into the hand s of the Corsican, and who was • thought to have penetratio6 .enough to see have a rmed, to t h e a mo unt of 80,000 men, in which ihrough hip designs, though he hind not interest numbei may be included several thousand regular enough to defeat-them, had, however, endeavoured . horse and foot. Some of them, indeed, were.troops, to dissuade the Prince of ASTURIAS, itf a . letter, sent by the French into those Provinces, to assist in not to be seduced into a visit to Bayonne. !'his let- keeping the people in subjection. The city of co- . ter hp entrusted to a confidential servant, lisy ,i ing runna, in Galicia, a few miles ti - orn Fet ; rol, has .de previously communicated , his design to Count 1.t., :17 : Glared against the Frenall, and, from what we heard TES, who is more generally known by the nam;S. .before the appearance of our Spaniard, Ferrol would of PLONATELLI, relying upon his patriotism and have been Ma state of revolt; had the Governor not' loyaltY. Unfortunately, however, PIGNATELI.I., ac- b s t-.!en in the French interest. It is also said that 1 cording to report, preferred his interest to his duty, .the leater part of the large and populous Province and therefore he intercepted the servant, treacher- jof GalPila has by this time declared against the coin- 1 out.ly obtained the letter, pod communicated the 4 Mon' enemy ,of Europe. The Andalusians. near contents to BuoNArAnTa. The consequence were Cadiz are IV arms, to the amount of 60,000, most what might be expeeted : PIGNATELLI is become A part regulars, And headed by a good General. : The favourite with the French Ruler, and Don CARLos whole of this storm . has been occasioned by Btio will most, probably sooner fall a viairn to his yen- VAPARTE'S'declaiing MuRAT Regent of Spain ; the pence than any of the rest of the unhappy family i spirit of resistaece has reached Cartha g ena, .and I *horn he has ensnared into his'toils. . have no doubt, in a short time, it will ie general, ,The amiable Mrs. BYRNE; of Cabinteely, near and that, with our assistance, the greater part of Dnblin, we are happy to say, is likely to recover Spain will be freed from tile tyrannical oppression of froM the injury whieh she lately received from a BOONAPARTE. May the. success of -a people who .litile thrown into her carriage in Ilia city. her struggle. in the cause of liberty be complete. I most - datteri however, at one time was 36 grea t, th a t sincerely hope that our Government will not fail to several letters from Dublin tan ext r a& from one of embricq the present favourable opportunity of as which Was inserted in this Paper) stated her actual ssiing the distressed people of Spain, and of open death. , int a geld for the relief of our Merchants. I hope • we shat, he sent to tife port of Gijon, which is'n few leagues from Oviedo, with a Sufficient supply•Of powder, 8:c. &c. as on the success of-Spai.:l ilependl the,fate of Porttigal. The revolt is so general, that the people" of the towns . garrisaned•by the•Prencli have in general' left their. habitations to join their countrymen in the .mountains. I shall 'not clOce this until I see the fleet.—(June 121.tv0 O'clock.) We are at this:moment vtithin hearingot the R;` rrnl guni'Lt - 04 Fleet, hot as the . v. , eather is .very, , tovgy, it is cloubtfol whether we shall be able /O commtlui cate with then/ this afternoon." 1 1 112 TFIEAVRES.—The Wheel of Fortune was re presented last night at the HaymarketTheatre, and Mr. YOUNG' performed the melancholy hero of: the piece. This chataeter' was adapted So'exactly to the cifralities of Mr. ICEmiLE, and was so well Supported by him, that any giber- Performer must unavoidably sutfer,by comparison ; but MIG Y6uNti• endeavoured to throw an .original air over his representation,' and in a great degree succeeded. He certainly exhibited , manly spirit, sound judgment; awl strong marks of sensibility. • It is but justice to Mr. i ent.maa, jun. to say, that he has made a considerable improve ment in his profes6ioti. His arcing last night, in Young nodville, displayed great energy and feelinil, and the same qualities woe more conspicaous in las representation of, Felix, in The !Linter of the dips; which followed, the Comedy. \46 are couvinedd that by study and application he may 'render himself a very respet4able Atistor. , He may be sure of public encouragement, on account of his father, who was deservedly `a '*ery great favourite, .and Whose death was such a loss to the, stage as it will not be au easy matter to repair. The season concluded lait night, at Drury-lane Theatre with . The Belles Stratagem. Miss RAY io6k die part of , Letitia !lardy, in consequence of the indisposition of Mrs. JORDAN: ~ WROUG4ITON, at the end of the Play, expres:kil the thanks of. the Proptic..fors and Performers in, the. usual berms, and delivered them in a very respeaful and impressive manner. Music:tell! , The Fifth of the.Concerta under the di reEtion of Mrs. BILLINGTON, BRAHAg, and NA Lin, • was well attended last night, at Willis's ilooms.—. The entertainment consisted of a mixture of vocal and instrumental 'music, but chiefly of the for Mer, and, as might be expected, under the direaion of such able Professors, was admirably perforM'ed.-- ___ The %Teal Performers, besides those who dire&ed the uoticFp, ,were SIEONI, BIANCHI, ROVEinNO, Goss, VAVGILAN, rUld BELLAMY. • Mrs. BILLINOTO'S sung with all that precision, judgment, and taste fur which site, has so • long been , distinguiehed; and NALDI . diiplayed great comic humour as well us musical skill. littAll AM was uncommonly . in voice lasynight, and his singing was marked by taste as well as extraordinary execution. The Princess ot. WALES has gnnouneed her in tention to . visit Covent -Garden Theatre On Monday, in order to see K E MBLE take leave Of the Public in his favonriie charatter . of Mrs. Asns has come so' forward as a burletta .singer at the Argyle Rooms, that, it is said she has been offered an engagement at the King's . Theatre for next season. We lately.gave a specimen of. the eloquent style which charaerizes the Botany Bay Souro,ils. • The following is a proof of literary elegance, the gro.,4,th of our own soil - :—" DUPONT the dancer (of Paris), has eclipsed VEST‘RIS; he is the CATiltiNI 01:-M0- tiOn; an nttittidinarian of exCes,sive ton. He has,: lately disappeared from the hemisphere of fashion, •: and his absence has thrOwn — a cloud over the amuse-. malts of a million of people." The following nitecdtite of the late Dr. PITCAIRN . is extractedfrem, aScotch Papere-r.J.c..PITCAiRN, then at Edinburgh; in order to affront a Dutch University, where ..lie himself had been gradeated, and, where deareers had l beeo.'moch prUstittued, sent for a di m 'pia for tiahlt,; which b,:ing. granted, he sent for another for-bts horse; to which last request the Ream. Magnificas replied, that with a view to oblle hind, they had consulted their, records fora prece dent, but they could not find one ; though under the name of Pitcairn, they found the University, bad once - conferred an honorary degree on an ass." We have great satisfa6tion in stating, that thelast, accounts. from Ireland represent 'the Crops to be in the [TAM lSro.hisitig state for a plentiful harvest through all the provinces of that luxuriint Island., Mr. Clnta's Sheep Shearing commence,s on Mon day, at H - olkhatn, in Norfolk, for which Ma", Of the principal Agriculturists and Graziers set otf at the close of the late sin i lilar festival at Woburn Abbey. A Ship of /4 guns, to be called the Pembroke, iti ordered to be built at Deptford. 04) tbe 94th ult. a youni•wontan, whO -resides. near, ChOrley, in Lancashire, was delivered of a,' daughter; ,on the totli, inst. she 0111 C to church to return thanks; - the same day she was married, and her 'mother,' whu is near seventy years of age, and has had nineteen children, was the bride's maid.' There being no ring provided, the maid generously pulled off her own and gave 44,9 the bride; , in the afternoon the chill Was Christened , and thebridea - maid stood as sponsor. . , . • On Wednes4y the Ist inst. considerable devasta. lion was occasionedni, W the neighbourhood of hitbi aby the bursting' of water-spout upon a part' of SleightssMoor. Torreds of water pouring' , suddenly down.the adjacent hills, oVerthrow,every thing that opposed their iiiti'gress even the Ftvtte-«gall fences proVed an ittitti4(ent barrier, onci were. in ,many places levelled"'With the gronttd. field on the' slope of a bill, which had been recently' planted' with potatoes, was divested of gsi. t part of its soil, and' the seta thrown in heaps by the low!. of-the, water against a wall a! the. bottom. Damage to a considerable amount was PCcasiorled to the roads .. through the grounds of several farmers, who had but lately repaired; them at a considerable exp4nce, of lahour and Materials. An immense . bixly Qe, water pouring down'Newholitt Beck in its . progress: to the'sei fornttkllli'ZChuel in the .sand, ona . side, upwards of six feet deep. On Tuesday, a soldier belonging to the Perthslire IVlilitia, lying on the heights at Dover, fell ta‘.'ei at the back of the,tOwn. 'He was immediately ptei.i.ed up and carried to the Hospital. it is thou..;lit ho Will recover. ,~ i